Héroes de la ciencia

Louis Pasteur, Carlos Juan Finlay, Lynn Margulis, Margarita Salas, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Francis Mojica, Katalin Karikó... Scientists who have changed our lives are the protagonists of this exciting journey through the history of science. Today we all know about the vaccine against covid-19, but nobody took Katalin Karikó seriously, the scientist who made it possible, when she began researching it. Like her, microbe hunters throughout history have often faced misunderstanding and indifference. Armed only with curiosity and fierce passion, they dove into an unknown world in search of knowledge and ways to defeat disease; some even inoculated themselves with dangerous viruses to test their vaccines and cures. This book is full of amazing and heroic stories from the world of microbiology. It talks about the names that we all know, but also about unknown and forgotten scientists. He also talks about plagues, pandemics, viruses, antibodies and how much we owe to bacteria. It is a little story of the mystery of life and of the heroes who fought and still fight to unravel it.